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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 1d

My photo essay - published this morning…

‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire

Scotland’s national flag has become a flashpoint in a growing cultural battle linked to anti-immigration sentiment. In the racially diverse Springburn area of Glasgow, people fear a storm is gathering...

www.theguardian.com

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 13d

Exhibition, film screening and discussion hosted by photographer @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social in collaboration with Empire Café and featuring our very own Tawona Ganyamatopé Sitholé.

Join them tomorrow at 6:30pm in Glasgow, more info on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clyde-refl...

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marnixbeyen.bsky.social @marnixbeyen.bsky.social · 15d

Soon at the @uantwerpen.be: screening of "The Partisan Necropolis" by @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social. Register via the site: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Aug 17

Today’s World Premiere of The Partisan Necropolis is now sold out via SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL

THANK YOU to all those who helped support and fund the film. This is a proper milestone.

Screenings closer to home coming soon!

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The Empire Cafe @the-empire-cafe.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our new Reflections 03 Episode is out! Louise & Jude discuss their investigation into ownership around the Clyde, their Petition, meeting Colombian River Guardians, joining Swimmable Cities, their live Mapathon for @archifringe.bsky.social, & their collaborations with @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Jun 11

Phone snaps from a great wee summers evening exploring around the former Ravenscraig site with Frank McElhinney NL Ann Louise Neil McGuire @mr Andy summers

As part of @archifringe.bsky.social

Outdoor screening of @dr_amanda_thomson Boundary Layers film topped it all off nicely.

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · May 21

Filming tonight for my Clyde Reflections project and The Empire Cafe with poet Tawona Sithole on the banks of the Clyde. Lighting and the river were in top form…

Run River Run….

#glasgow
#riverclyde

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is a very welcome first for me & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & @dialectographer.bsky.social
Book of the Week! Thank you! #Cumbernauld

RIAS Bookshop @riasbookshop.bsky.social · Apr 22

⭐️ BOOK OF THE WEEK ⭐️

‘Concrete Dreams’ by Alison Irvine, Chris Leslie and Mitch Miller

Explore the complex legacy of Cumbernauld’s iconic, but divisive, brutalist town centre through the stories of its residents in this lavishly illustrated volume.

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Dialectographer (Mitch Miller) @dialectographer.bsky.social · Apr 18

Come and see Recollective (myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social) at @riasbookshop.bsky.social this Wednesday (23rd April) at 6.30pm talking about Concrete Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...

BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams

Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · Apr 16

If you're interested in Cumbernauld, architecture, social history, stories, photography and illustration, & if you can get to Edinburgh on 23rd April, this is the event for you! @dialectographer.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @riasbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...

BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams

Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Apr 16

The last days of Clune Park Estate, Port Glasgow, before it gets demolished. Left to rot for 20 years. What a complete scandalous waste of housing.

#clunepark
#carboncrime

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Apr 11

vimeo.com/1074681676

My Partisan Necropolis trailer just been released….

The Partisan Necropolis Final Trailer

THE PARTISAN NECROPOLIS A 72-minute Feature Length Documentary (with a 52-minute broadcast edit) Directed and produced by Chris Leslie (Journey Film Productions) In…

vimeo.com

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Mar 30

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Mar 24

A carbon crime or bright new future? For nearly four years, a fierce debate raged over demolishing the site’s high-rise flats...

Words and Pictures by Chris Leslie

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The battle for Glasgow’s Wyndford estate – photo essay

A carbon crime or bright new future? For nearly four years, a fierce debate raged over demolishing the site’s high-rise flats

www.theguardian.com

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Mar 23

Nae warning siren and all over in 3 - 4 seconds.

Lucky I managed to capture this one…

Photo essay in tomorrow’s @guardian

#glasgow
#wyndford

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Mar 22

Phone snaps from this mornings run and some last views of the Wyndford Flats

@guardian photo essay live on Monday am

#glasgow
#wyndford
#demolition

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Mar 12

4 years ago today - Z A T V A R A N J E premiered ‘online’ at Glasgow Short Film Festival via @royalscottishacad.bsky.social

In retrospect I think it was a too raw and close to the bone… 5 years on maybe less so

Filming Glasgow’s streets empty was something else though…

#Glasgow
#Sarajevo

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Mar 6

Coming out of ‘retirement’ for one last story…

#disappearingglasgow

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · Feb 15

Phone snap from the morning run

#glasgow

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · Jan 24

Our #UrbanDesignGroup talk on Cumbernauld Town Centre is online if you'd like to take a look: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_jj...

The book can be bought here: concretedreams.org.uk/book/

@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social #Cumbernauld #Brutalism

Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre. An Urban Design Group Presentation.

YouTube video by UrbanNous

www.youtube.com

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Dialectographer (Mitch Miller) @dialectographer.bsky.social · Dec 12

Cramming dialectograms into a book can be a PAIN. & yet Gabby Durnan, the designer who worked with me, @alisonirvine.bsky.social & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social on Concrete Dreams pulled off a miracle here. Check it out…

concretedreams.org.uk/book/

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · Dec 7

Words on Cumbernauld from me and photos from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social in today's Herald. An extract from our book: concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/

@nlheritage.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

The story of a Scots town that was once 'a dazzling ship sailing across a hill'

Pic 21: The penthouses corridor in Avon Walk Pic 17: Interior stairwell of Town Centre Pic 22: John Kirkhope - Cumbernauld Resident and former…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Dialectographer (Mitch Miller) @dialectographer.bsky.social · Dec 5

The beginning of the end for #cumbernauld town centre-at least as we know it.

To get the inside scoop on this controversial structure, why not take a look @ Concrete Dreams (by @alisonirvine.bsky.social , @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & me)

concretedreams.org.uk/book/

news.stv.tv/west-central...

Town centre regeneration begins with demolition of 'landmark' office building

The Centre Cumbernauld will also be brought down to make way for a new town hub.

news.stv.tv

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thursday's free webinar with Urban Design Group had sold out but they've just released more tickets. Please join us! www.udg.org.uk/events/2024/... @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social

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